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ActivePresenter

Video editor, screen recorder, and e-learning authoring tool

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ActivePresenter - 2025 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

What is ActivePresenter?

ActivePresenter is a video creation and e-learning authoring tool for corporate trainers and educational organizations. It enables users to capture and record desktop screens or webcam footage with keyboard and mouse click captures, edit screencast videos, and enrich them with interactive HTML5 content. It turns video footage into attractive e-learning material. Compatible with Mac and Windows, this on-premises tool enables users to make mobile-friendly content and test it before launch.

Users can also produce in-video tests and surveys using GPS mapping and pinning, spot-the-difference game images, and fill-in-the-blanks puzzles that support single and multiple word input. They can add effects, bullet-point lists, shapes, and transitions to their videos, along with fade in/out, noise reduction, and normalization effects to audio files. They can also customize teaching material with animated text, embed HTML projects, and add animated content to emails and other shared content.

Starting from

199

ActivePresenter's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from ActivePresenter users:

Screen Recording

4.8

(22)

Screen Capture

4.8

(21)

Video Editing

4.4

(16)

Course Publishing

4.7

(16)

Audio Capture

4.8

(16)

Tests/Assessments

4.5

(13)

All ActivePresenter features

Features rating:

4.6

(67)

Interactive Learning

4.9

(14)

Interactive Content

4.8

(12)

Audio/Video Recording

4.5

(2)

Course Authoring

4.0

(1)

Customizable Templates

5.0

(2)

Media Import

4.7

(13)

Data Import/Export

4.9

(14)

Annotations

4.3

(11)

Assessment Management

4.3

(3)

Multi-Screen Recording

4.7

(7)

Drag & Drop

5.0

(5)

Progress Tracking

5.0

(3)

Gamification

1.0

(1)

Image Editing

(0)

API

(0)

Multi-Language

(0)

Question Library

(0)

SCORM Compliance

(0)

Storyboarding

5.0

(3)

Surveys & Feedback

(0)

Template Management

4.0

(1)

ActivePresenter awards

Course Authoring

90/100

ActivePresenter alternatives

ActivePresenter

4.7

(67)

Starting from

199

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.6

Features

4.6

Value for Money

4.7

Customer Support

4.7

Loom

4.7

(477)

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Starting from

12.50

Per month

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.7

Features

4.5

Value for Money

4.6

Customer Support

4.4

ClickLearn

4.3

(16)

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Starting from

No pricing info

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.2

Features

4.3

Value for Money

4.5

Customer Support

4.8

Snagit

4.7

(487)

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Starting from

Per year

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.7

Features

4.6

Value for Money

4.6

Customer Support

4.4

ActivePresenter pricing

Value for money rating:

4.7

Pricing plans

Pricing details:

Free plan

Free trial

Subscription

ActivePresenter Standard

199

Features included:

Advanced Audio/Video Effects: Fade In
Advanced Recording Features: Full Motion Recording
Audio/Video Overlays
AVI
Blur
Change Volume
Closed Caption
Cloud Text-to-Speech (Amazon Polly
Commercial Use
Crop
Cursor Path
Excel (Windows Only)
Export to: Adobe PDF
Export to: Mp4
Export to: Powerpoint
Fade Out
Google Voice
Green Screen
HTML
Image
Import Powerpoint
Join
Microsoft Azure)
MKV
Multiple Audio/Video Layers
Noise Reduction
Rich Annotations: Shapes
Slow Down
Smart Annotation
Smart Capture
Speed Up
Themes & Templates
Video Editing: Cut
Webm
WMV
Word
Zoom-N-Pan

ActivePresenter Pro

399

Features included:

Conditional & Advanced Actions
Drag & Drop
Fully Responsive Design
Html5 Export
Interactions: Button
Interactivity & Branching: Variables
Javascript API
Keystroke
Mouse Click
Quiz: 11 Types of Questions
Report & Tracking in LMS (SCORM
Text Input
Xapi)

ActivePresenter integrations (1)

Integrations rated by users

We looked through 67 user reviews, to identify which products are mentioned as ActivePresenter integrations, and what is the users perception.

Audacity

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

“I prefer to record my audio separately so I can enhance and edit it in Audacity. I then just Insert audio file and it imports right into my slide!”

Liz MacIntyre

Software Trainer

ActivePresenter support options

Typical customers

Freelancers

Small businesses

Mid size businesses

Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web

Android

iPhone/iPad

Support options

Chat

Email/Help Desk

FAQs/Forum

Training options

Documentation

Videos

Live Online

ActivePresenter reviews

Overall rating

4.7

Positive reviews

Rating breakdown

Value for money
Ease of use
Features
Customer support
Likelihood to recommend8.94/10

Rating distribution

Pros

“ActivePresenter is really easy to use thanks to its user-friendly interface, and the video quality is amazing. I really didn't expect it to have all these fuctions, it's really imprressive.”

Giuseppina E.

Chat Moderator and Consultant

“It is such an amazing and user friendly software allowing the user to select as many options as they want. Plus the video quality is highly appreciable.”

Verified reviewer

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“My students benefit - as I can build splendid presetnations and imnpoirt extra MP4s to provide a comprehensive output.”

John E.

Lecturer

Cons

“When combining multiple videos, timeline management is difficult. The app may not respond after the editing lags.”

Verified reviewer

Anonymity request

“This is quite annoying when you want to remove your earphones during the recording. The moment you unplug, the software won't record your mic and the sound from laptop speakers.”

Hakob A.

Applications Engineer

“Learning curve (for beginner) is extremely difficult.”

Edo M.

field agent/representative

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ActivePresenter FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does ActivePresenter offer?

ActivePresenter has the following pricing plans:
Starting from: $199.00
Pricing model: Free
Free Trial: Available

Q. Who are the typical users of ActivePresenter?

ActivePresenter has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Public Administrations, Small Business

Q. What languages does ActivePresenter support?

ActivePresenter supports the following languages:
Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, English, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese

Q. Does ActivePresenter offer an API?

No, ActivePresenter does not have an API available.

Q. What level of support does ActivePresenter offer?

ActivePresenter offers the following support options:
Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum